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Arizona National Guard Assists Navajo Nation
Sedona AZ – More than 25 Citizen-Soldiers responded to a request from the Navajo Nation yesterday to establish a medical care facility and to augment healthcare planning needs. This effort is a pivot from the initial response of the Arizona National Guard’s stand up of troops in response to the COVID-19 threat and expands the organization’s use of capabilities into the medical realm.
“This...
Arizona Community Foundation gives $14.4 million in grants and scholarships
Sedona AZ – The Arizona Community Foundation and its donors announce grant and scholarship distributions for the first quarter of its fiscal year: Between April 1 and June 30, 2019, a total of $14,442,732 was awarded from funds of the Arizona Community Foundation and its six statewide Affiliates in Cochise, Flagstaff, the Gila Valley, Sedona, Yavapai County, and Yuma.
The nearly $14.5 million...
Verde Valley-Sedona Mingus Mountain Republican Holiday Luncheon
Yavapai County Supervisor Tom Thurman, District 2
Sedona AZ (November 27, 2018) – The special holiday luncheon meeting of the Verde Valley-Sedona Mingus Mountain Republican Club will be held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7400, 705 East Aspen Street, Cottonwood, on December 11, 2018, starting at 11:15 a.m. with five guest speakers.
Two luncheon speakers, Yavapai County Supervisors Thurman...
Coconino Sheriff’s Office Investigating Found Human Remains
Sedona AZ (October 8, 20180) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating human remains found in the area west of State Highway 89N, just south of the Navajo Nation boundary.
On October 7, 2018 around 9:00 in the morning, hunters reported finding human remains near Cedar Wash and the Navajo Nation boundary. After the initial responding deputies confirmed the remains as human, CCSO...
ADOT Completes Navajo Nation US 89 Improvements
ADOT completes Cameron US 89 underpass
Sedona AZ (September 14, 2016) – US 89 through the Navajo Nation community of Cameron has a wider roadway, two new bridges over the Little Colorado River, a modern roundabout at the junction with State Route 64, and underpasses for people and livestock thanks to a recently completed Arizona Department of Transportation project.
“Traffic safety and mobility...
AZ US 89 Repaired and Reopened Today
The AZ US 89 highway landslide took more than two years and $60 million in emergency repair transportation funds to fix and reopen and provide an alternate route through the Navajo Nation
Sedona AZ (March 27, 2015) – At 4:15 p.m. today, Arizona US 89 south of Page was reopened to traffic for the first time following a February 20, 2013, landslide that caused catastrophic damage to the roadway,...
AZ US 89 Scheduled to Reopen
Sedona AZ (March 11, 2015) – Two years after a landslide ripped apart a 500-foot section of US 89 and split the communities of Bitter Springs and Page, the Arizona Department of Transportation anticipates reopening the highway to traffic on the afternoon of Friday, March 27, 2015, barring any potential weather delays or mechanical breakdowns during the paving process, which began today.
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Department of Education Partners with Navajo Nation
AZ Superintendent of Education John Huppenthal
Sedona AZ (December 11, 2014) – The Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) signed an agreement so that the Navajo Nation can better meet the educational needs of each Navajo student in Arizona.
Navajo students transfer between Arizona public schools and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) grant schools...
Arizona Tribes Receive $10.6 mil in Government Grants
US Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona’s District One, is a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and can be reached at www.kirkpatrick.house.gov
Sedona AZ (October 24, 2014) – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., announced that District One is the recipient of about $12.2 million in recent grants for a variety of important...
Navajo Nation Loses Telephone Service
Sedona AZ (May 2, 2014) – On Thursday, May 1, 2014, at about 3:00 in the afternoon, all of the phone land lines servicing the Arizona side of the Navajo Nation went out of service. For approximately twenty hours, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office and Flagstaff Police Dispatchers provided relay information to the Navajo Department of Public Safety via cell phones and the Sheriff’s Office...